Candy Madness Final Vote: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups vs. Airheads

Voting is now closed. Airheads defeats Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups 61% – 39% to be crowned the winner of Candy Madness. Airheads join Bacon, Dairy Queen and Oreo as winners of So Good food brackets over the last four years.

And then there were two. Fan favorite/underdog Airheads proved their earlier wins over low seeds were not a fluke, convincingly taking out #2 seed Kit Kat in the Final Four. But now they go up against a behemoth of the candy world, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. As they say in the commercial, there’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s – but is there a way to beat Reese’s?

Voting is open until 2 pm ET on Friday, at which point we will crown the greatest candy in existence.

If you STILL aren’t hip yet to Candy Madness, read our intro post here and see the (almost final) bracket below, which has now been updated to include the vote totals/margin of victory for every single match-up so far.

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Let us know who got your vote in the final and why, or share any thoughts you have on the results from the full bracket above.

@Unhappy – all I do is put up the posts and let the votes be tallied. It’s not my job to crown the winner of Candy Madness, it’s the job of the voters. If I just crowned who I wanted that would be pretty boring (and I wouldn’t have crowned any of these final four, I would have picked Sour Patch Kids)

So what exactly is your solution? Ban or block people from voting because they think a the best candy is a different one than the one you think is best? Then unilaterally declare a winner after 4 weeks of voting? Obviously we can’t do that.

Whoever shows up to vote will determine the winner, whether they think the best candy is Airheads, Reese’s or a bag of cockroaches. This bracket is decided by the people, not me.

At first I was upset at the obvious injustice of an Airheads win. I mean, there’s a reason Reese’s are in every vending machine and Airheads are rarely, if ever, seen in them. But then I realized that Reese’s sales probably blow Airheads’ out of the water. So go ahead Airheads, take this little win. You’ll never touch the glory that is Reese’s 😛

@ Cynthia…I think Deliciousness has a point. I mean, Smile says he likes Airheads better, but he votes for the other? Gibberish…

By the way, Reese’s USED to be good. They, like all of the other American chocolate manufacturers have gone cheap with their raw materials. If you have ever had REAL chocolate you would know what I am talking about.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are alluring for a reason. They contain high amounts of fat: 20% total fat (per serving which is only 2 cups), 23% saturated fat, 150 mg of sodium, and 21 grams of sugar. An airheads bar (pure fruity goodness) contains way less: total fat is 1%, zero saturatated and trans fat, 10mg of sodium, and only 9 grams of sugar. So, here is some food for thought: it would take roughly an hour walking briskly to burn off most of a single pack of reese’s (2 cups) where as you could eat three to four Airheads (full sized), and burn off the same amount in that time. Not to mention that more people have allergies to chocolate, which makes Airheads the better candidate. All in All: Pick Airheads. The candy that rocks! Go AIRHEADS!!!

Well, right now I can’t eat airheads because of my braces. But, I’ve always been a true Reese’s fan. Also, Reese’s is owned by Hershey, so that would mean voting anti-Hershey. I know one of you who voted for air-heads has got to love Kit Kat, Hershey Bars, or Twizzlers.

How about a Candy Bar Madness – one with no candy containing artificial fruit flavor. Chocolate, caramel, peanut butter, and nuts – these are the flavors I crave. Now I need to go find some leftover Easter candy!

Its not airheads faults that they actually used social media to push for votes. Every other company could have done this, and they didnt. So its just to bad for everyone else and smart thinking for airheads